Montenegro recorded a total of 351,000 tourists in 2020, ranking 143rd in the world in absolute terms.
That smaller countries regularly perform lower in a comparison of the absolute number of guests, is obvious. By putting the tourist numbers in relation to the population of Montenegro, the result is much more comparable picture: With 0.57 tourists per resident, Montenegro ranked 60th in the world. In Southern Europe, it ranked 10th.
In 2020, Montenegro generated around 180.00 million US dollars in the tourism sector alone. This corresponds to 3.1 percent of its the gross domestic product and approximately 0 percent of all international tourism receipts in Southern Europe.
On average, each of the tourists arriving in 2020 spent about 487 US dollars.
Development of the tourism sector in Montenegro from 2002 to 2020
The following chart shows the number of tourist arrivals registered in Montenegro each year. Anyone who spends at least one night in the country but does not live there for more than 12 months is considered a tourist. Insofar as the survey included the purpose of the trip, business trips and other non-tourism travel purposes have already been excluded. The number of people passing through within the same day, and e.g., crew members of ships or flights are also not considered tourists in most countries. If the same person travels in and out more than once within the same year, each visit counts again.
Data in the chart are given in millions of tourists. The red line represents the average of all 14 countries in Southern Europe.
Revenues from tourism
In 2007, tourism revenues amounted to 660.00 million USD, or about 17.93 percent of the gross national product. This corresponded to about 984,000 tourists at that time and roughly 671 USD per person. Within 13 years, the country's dependence on tourism has increased noticeably. Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, sales were $1.28 billion billion, 23.02 percent of gross national product. Thus, each visitor spent an average of $508 on their vacation in Montenegro.
In 2020, tourist receipts plummeted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the $1.28 billion billion (2019), only $180.00 million billion remained. This is a 86 percent decrease in Montenegro.
All data for Montenegro in detail
Year
Number of tourists
Receipts
% of GNP
Receipts per tourist
2020
351,000
180.00 m $
3.8 %
513 $
2019
2.51 m
1.28 bn $
23.02 %
508 $
2018
2.08 m
1.22 bn $
22.23 %
589 $
2017
1.88 m
1.11 bn $
22.86 %
591 $
2016
1.66 m
978.00 m $
22.34 %
588 $
2015
1.56 m
947.00 m $
23.36 %
607 $
2014
1.35 m
959.00 m $
20.88 %
710 $
2013
1.32 m
929.00 m $
20.81 %
702 $
2012
1.26 m
860.00 m $
21.04 %
680 $
2011
1.20 m
926.00 m $
20.38 %
771 $
2010
1.09 m
765.00 m $
18.46 %
703 $
2009
1.04 m
792.00 m $
19.04 %
759 $
2008
1.03 m
859.00 m $
18.90 %
833 $
2007
984,000
660.00 m $
17.93 %
671 $
2006
378,000
2005
272,000
2004
188,000
2003
142,000
2002
136,000
Our data on tourist numbers, revenues and expenditures are based on information from the World Tourism Organization. However, to ensure international comparability, the data for some years or countries were manually researched and corrected if they obviously included visitors without overnight stays. In these cases, the data were taken from the official communications of the respective national tourism authorities.
The World Tourism Organization additionally points out that in some countries, the number of tourists is only counted at airports, while in others they are also counted at border crossings or even hotels. A comprehensive and reliable indication is therefore hardly possible in any country.
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